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The two kinde Louers: / OR, / The Maydens resolution and will, / To be like her true Louer still. University of California - Santa BarbaraThe Early Modern CenterDirectorPatricia Fumerton1633Early Modern Center, University of California Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA06/27/200820151

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1.318-319S51641a dainty new tuneA Dainty New TuneTWo louely Louers, / walking all alone,BE thou the Shepheard, / Ile be the Shepheardesse,Pepys 1.318-319STC 16865.3 for F. Coules [c.1633]; Rollins (2) ?1633 (April 17, 1633, IV, 295, Ed. Blackmore); Rollins (2) ?1634 (July 16, 1634, IV, 323, Jno. Wright & partners).Woodblock 1: first 1/2 sheet, over column 1 : A bearded man stands with his right hand on his hip. He is dressed in a doublet with buttons, slops, ruff, hose, boots with spurs, and wears a hat with plumes and a brim. A cloak over his left shoulder conceals his left elbow and hangs behind him. He wears a sword belt and holds his left hand to his chest.: 84 x 64Woodblock 2: first 1/2 sheet, over column 2 : A lady stands facing towards her right. In her right hand, she holds a large feather fan (or a branch?). The lady wears a large stiff ruff and a necklace or chain. Her full skirt (supported by a french farthingale?) and the front of her dress is decorated with a row of large flowers. Her dark overskirt is elaborately decorated. : 82 x 53Woodblock 3: second 1/2 sheet, over column 3: An elderly aristocratic woman stands with her right arm extended. She wears a hat, a dress with full sleeves, decorated with stripes, and a tall necked underdress. Her right hand is unclear or missing in this print.: 81 x 40Woodblock 4: second 1/2 sheet, over column 4: A bearded man with long hair walks to his left and holds a stick in his right hand. He wears slops, hose, a hat with a large plume and a brim, and a doublet or jerkin with long sleeves that hang down. He wears tall boots, one of which is turned down, and spurs.: 108 x 70Pepys LibraryThe Pepys ballads : facsimile volumeEditorW.G. DayD.S. BrewerCambridge [England]1987
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1: 3181: 319The two kinde Louers: / OR, / The Maydens resolution and will, / To be like her true Louer still. The two kinde Lovers: OR, The Maydens resolution and will, To be like her true Lover still.The Two Kind Lovers: or, The Maiden's Resolution and Will, to Be Like Her True Lover Still.The second part.The second part. The Second Part. 1/2 sheet folio, originally left part, 280 x 1301/2 sheet folio, originally right part, 282 x 130cropped left edge, torn bottom left corner, damaged surface, uneven inkingcropped right edge, holed, damaged surface, uneven inkingcast fleuronscast fleurons1633London Printed for F. Coules.F. CoulesWeinstein: STC

The two kinde Lovers:OR,The Maydens resolution and will,To be like her true Lover still.To a dainty new tune.

TWo lovely Lovers,walking all alone,The Female to the Male,was making pitious moane:Saying, if thou wilt goe, Love,let me goe with thee,Because I cannot live,without thy company.Be thou my master,Ile be thy trusty Page,To wayte on theein thy weary Pilgrimage.So shall I stillenjoy thy lovely presence,In which aloneconsiste my earthly essence.Be thou the Sunne,Ile be the beames so bright,Be thou the Moone.Ile be the lightest night:Be thou Aurora,the usher of the day,I will be the pearly dew,upon the flowers gay.Be thou the Rose,thy smell I will assume,And yeeld a sweetodoriferous perfume:Be thou the Rain-bow,Il [?] colours many,[?] cloud,[?] weather rainy.

Be thou the Lion,Ile be the Lionesse:Be thou the servant,Ile be the Mistresse:Be thou the Porpentine,and Ile be the quill,That wheresoever thou goest:I may be with thee still.Be thou the Turtle;and I will be thy Mate,And if thou die,my life Ile ever hate:Be thou the nimble Fairy,that trips upon the ground,And I will be the circle,where thou mayst dance a round.Be thou the Swan,Ile be the bubling river:Be thou the gift,and I will be the giver:Be thou the chaste Diana,and I will be as chaste,Be thou the Time,Ile be the houres past.Be thou the Ship,Ile be the surging Seas,That shall transport my Love,where he doth please:Be thou the Neptune,Ile be the triple Base.Be thou the jocund Hunter,Ile be the Deere in chase.

The second part. To the same tune.

BE thou the Shepheard,Ile be the Shepheardesse,To sport with theein joy and happinesse:I will be the Marygold,if thou wilt be the Sunne:Be thou the Fryer,and I will be the Nun.I will be the Pelican,and thou shalt be the young,Ile spend my blood,to succour thee from wrong:Be thou the Gardner,and I will be the flowres,That thou mayst make me growwith fruitfull showres.Be thou the Falconer,the falcon I will be,To yeeld delightand pleasure unto thee:Be thou the Lanthorne,I will be the light,To lead thee to thy fancyevery darksome night.Be thou the Captaine,Ile be the Souldier stout,And helpe in dangerstill to beare thee out:Be thou the lovely Elme,and I will be the Vine,In sweet concordance,to sympathize and twine.

Be thou the Pilot,Ile be the Sea-mans Card,Ile be the Taylor,and thou shalt be my yard:Be thou the Weaver,and Ile the shuttle be,Be thou the Fruterer,and I will be the Tree.Be thou the Black-smith,I will be the forge:Be thou the Water-man,and I will be the Barge:Be thou the Broker,and I will be the Pawne.Be thou the Paresite,and I will learne to fawne.These lovely Loversbeing thus combin'd,Most equally agreedboth in heart and mind.Accursed may they be,who seeke to part theseWhom Love and naturedid to love ordaine.I wish all young-men,that constant are in love,To finde out a womanthat will so loyall prove,And to all honest Maydens,in heart I wish the same,That Cupids lawesmay be devoyde of blame.